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Tag: suffering

  • Pain Avoidance

    All beings must experience suffering and pain at some point in their lives. – Buddha ~ Dukkha Do not avoid pain. Your effort would be misplaced. Pain and suffering are inevitable. Choose your pain wisely. — Geoffrey Hale Everyone wants to live a care-free, happy and easy life… What pain do you want? What are…

  • Love and Understanding

    “Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you cannot help but Love. And when you Love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.” -Thich Nhat…

  • Consciousness | Growing, Pain, Healing and Joy

    “We cannot go back. We can only go forward.” -M. Scott Peck, M.D. Here in-lies a bittersweet truth of evolving into consciousness. Once we see, we can never unsee. We can never go back. Find comfort in knowing that ignorance is, in fact, not bliss. Since we cannot go back, we must grow up. Growing…

  • The Four Agreements

    Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do…

  • “Letting Go”: For The Intellectual

    The concept of “letting go” is a common theme among sentiments and advice when sincere life struggle with one’s purpose and future are causing them torment. Establishing and understanding the meaning behind this potentially, extremely valuable and timeless piece of wisdom, is powerful enough to change lives. Unfortunately, these words are irresponsibly tossed around. They…

  • Longing vs Anticipation

    We’ve said it a thousand times – I miss you. I miss you can mean many things but is generally an expression of longing, of lack and hunger. I miss you is an expression of pain and suffering.